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There is this objective or direction in meditation practices. Look at a candle, observe thoughts without attachment, recite a mantra…all variations of controlling thought, of trying to position consciousness away […]
There is this objective or direction in meditation practices. Look at a candle, observe thoughts without attachment, recite a mantra…all variations of controlling thought, of trying to position consciousness away […]
There is so much madness in the world. Why shouldn’t there be, we are after all floating on a ball that is floating in a universe that is floating in […]
One of the big discussions in AI is whether robots can ever become conscious. I like how it assumes we humans are conscious and not also machines. Are we not […]
The greatest gift an artist could give another artist, taking them on the road and sharing their audience. Natalie Merchant did that for Tracy Chapman. Fast Car would not have […]
Listening to an interview with drummer Andy Newmark, talking about the recording session fifty years ago, on You’re So Vain by Carly Simon. Richard Perry, the producer, replaced him with […]
I played a piece I wrote at the Mendelson Joe memorial in April and it was videotaped. Good thing I didn’t realize that because recordings often are a distraction. When […]
There is a game I play with my older brother Ronnie, we try to placing ourselves into childhood memories and see them again, especially details, we jog our memories with […]
Carmaig de Forest and I did three tours in the 90s we shared cars, gas, bookings and places to crash. He lived in San Rafael, I lived 45 minutes past […]
I attended Daniel Brooks play about his life, living with lung cancer and attending a Vipassana retreat. I wrote him after to get the name of the book he referenced […]
I’m almost on the last episode of the new season of Better Call Saul. My favourite bad guys of all time run throughout this tv show. What next for Lalo […]